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facilitan

English translation: facilitate

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Spanish term or phrase:facilitan
English translation:facilitate
Entered by: Fabiana Yampolsky

01:12 Mar 29, 2012
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general)
Spanish term or phrase: facilitan
los empleados de una organización facilitan el lavado de dinero no dando cumplimiento con los reportes exigidos por las autoridades
NoraD
Local time: 09:04
facilitate
Explanation:
facilitate: to make easier/help bring about
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Fabiana Yampolsky
Argentina
Local time: 09:04
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Summary of answers provided
5 +7facilitate
Fabiana Yampolsky
4 +4make easier
Andre Dumoulin
5enable
Flavio Posse
4aid and abet
Toby Wakely


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
facilitate


Explanation:
facilitate: to make easier/help bring about

Fabiana Yampolsky
Argentina
Local time: 09:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 19
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Hollywood: literal is good here
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, David!
agree  Nedra Rivera Huntington: I prefer facilitate here because it sounds more formal.
4 hrs
  -> Right! Thank you very much!
agree  AllegroTrans
7 hrs
  -> Thanks a lot!
agree  Yvonne Gallagher
8 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  James A. Walsh: Facilitating.
9 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Ruth Ramsey
11 hrs
  -> Thanks, Ruth!
agree  eski
17 hrs
  -> Thank you very much!
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
make easier


Explanation:
Employees of an organization make money laundering easier when they don't comply with reports requested by authorities

Andre Dumoulin
Panama
Local time: 07:04
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Hollywood: and would work too
2 hrs
agree  Bubo Coroman (X): agree with the full translation
6 hrs
agree  AllegroTrans
7 hrs
agree  Clara Nino
15 hrs
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
aid and abet


Explanation:
Según los términos usado por la policia podemos hablar de somebody who aids a criminal" si estamos pensando que los empleados actuan como complices del crimen de lavado de dinero.

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Note added at 10 hrs (2012-03-29 11:33:12 GMT)
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In el ejemplo quería decir "money laundering" en lugar de "my laundering". Lo siento.

Example sentence(s):
  • The employees aid and abet my laundering when they don´t comply with reports requested by authorities.

    Reference: http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Aid+and+Abet
Toby Wakely
Spain
Local time: 14:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 18

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  AllegroTrans: "aid and abet" specifically means committing a defined offence; it's not what the text says
9 hrs
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6 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
enable


Explanation:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enabler

Flavio Posse
United States
Local time: 05:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 368
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